Will The Assassination Of The Scientist Who Led Iran's Nuclear Weapon's Program Cripple Biden's Efforts To Revive The Nuclear Deal?

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh - dubbed the 'father' of Iran's bomb programme - was shot dead in his car by 12 highly-trained assassins following an explosion in the city of Absard, 50 miles east of Tehran. Pictured: Ebrahim Raisi - head of Iran's judiciary - and family members of Fakhrizadeh stand by his body 


WASHINGTON — The assassination of the scientist who led Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon for the past two decades threatens to cripple President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal before he can even begin his diplomacy with Tehran. 

And that may well have been a main goal of the operation. 

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WNU Editor: The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will impede Ian's nuclear program for the short term. But will it impede diplomatic efforts to revive the nuclear deal? Not really. If a Biden administration moves to remove sanctions to restart negotiations the Iranians will embrace it. But the problem has always been the same. As long as Iran limits inspections nor curtail its efforts to develop missile systems to deliver nuclear warheads, what's the point of having a deal.


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